Bull City Cool, and founder Reinvestment Partners, are officially members of the Safe Bathrooms Club! On April 6th we held an HB2 protest and community-building event in Durham, and now we’ve put ourselves on the map to “demonstrate [our] stance as allies to the LGBTQIA community and fight discrimination together and publicly.” Learn more about […]
100 East Geer Street – A Photo Documentary
100 East Geer Street is a stunning photo documentary, by Holly Bourne, about Reinvestment Partners’ neighborhood revitalization work on the 100 block of East Geer Street in Durham. For those of us who have been involved with Reinvestment Partners (RP) for years, it’s a beautiful tribute the the sweat and tears that we’ve put into […]
The Bathroom – Being All It Can Be (Part II)
Reinvestment Partners and the LGBTQ Center of Durham hosted an event at Bull City Cool on Wednesday, titled “Everyone is Welcome (to use our bathroom!).” (Read all about our bathroom’s sordid history HERE). It was a community event to protest HB2 and foster solidarity and inclusion. And it was a success on all fronts. But […]
Learning from Limits – Our Success (and Failure) Story
Bull City Cool is a success – everyone thinks so… our grantors, our tenants, our neighbors. But how did it become a success? To borrow words from Sumner Redstone: Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe. Learning From Limits is a new report […]
Fresh Food and Healthy Conversation
Bull City Cool is the food hub with fresh veggies, and fresh conversation! We’re in the business of facilitating and fostering discussion around healthy food and hunger in Durham and across the state. That’s why we hosted 25 participants from 17 agencies on January 28th at the hub – all of whom work on food […]
Keepin’ NC Veggies Cool!
Bull City Cool is committed to keeping North Carolina veggies cool, in all senses of the word. And what better way to do that than with a 24-foot refrigerated truck? Patrick of Seal the Seasons picked up this new-to-us truck in Boston last week, and drove it home to Bull City Cool. The truck, like […]
Food Hub Coordinator – Position Open!
Bull City Cool Food Hub is the proud home of many growing local nonprofits and small businesses, thanks to the efforts our Food Hub Coordinator, Christelle. Sadly, she’ll be leaving Bull City Cool at the end of the month, so we need someone to fill her shoes. So read on and apply if the shoes […]
Crown Jewel of the Geer Street Food Corridor
Raleigh & Company featured Bull City Cool in an in-depth article about local healthy food systems. Jen Baker’s “Food: It’s Complicated” explores the development of the Geer Street Food Corridor in Durham since 2012, as well as Bull City Cool’s role as the corridor’s “crown jewel.” This excerpt gives a glimpse into what made our […]
Making news… and connections!
Bull City Cool made headlines in the News & Observer today in Virginia Bridges’ article “Durham’s Bull City Cool food hub connects.” Bridges highlights what makes our food hub so cool – our public interest focus. Not only does the hub “serve as a key connection for local nonprofits, small businesses and farmers,” but Bull […]
Locally Produced Video Promotes Local Produced Food
Guest post by Peter Skillern, Executive Director of Reinvestment Partners, introducing our much anticipated Bull City Cool video: Bull City Cool Food Hub is promoting the local food economy. Reinvestment Partners – founder of Bull City Cool – commissioned Roman Gabriel of MoonMan Productions to produce a video on the interconnectedness of the local food […]
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